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Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis

Member Since: March 2, 2015

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Dan D. got a guestbook from Rita Savelis

9 years ago (August 9, 2016)

Hi Dan D, I miss your posts. They always spoke to me. I could relate. I hope that you have some sort of "peace" these days. I know it took me a very long time to "accept" post-surgery and to ride out all those feelings of depression, irritability, l

Dan D. got a guestbook from Rita Savelis

9 years ago (August 9, 2016)

Dan D. got a guestbook from Jean Raber

10 years ago (September 7, 2015)

Hi, Dan, haven't heard an update and wondered how you were doing with the Tram-damn-adol issues.

Dan D.

Hi Jean, Thanks for reaching out. I stopped taking Tramadol for 2 weeks, but continued with my intermittent problems of exhaustion & lack of motivation. I decided that it wasn't Tramadol withdrawal & have actually resumed taking it, in small doses, since it seems to help with my fibromyalgia. I... Read more.

Jean Raber

The more I read on here, the more it looks like people continue to struggle with fatigue and apathy several months out of heart surgery. Hope you'll check in occasionally to let us know how you are. I guess I'll find out how I'm doing the 15th and 22nd, when... Read more.

Rita Savelis

Dan D - you can blame surgery for your tiredness and apathy! Of course you can. Don't believe those doctors! I miss your posts.

Jeanette Davidson

Good to hear from you Dan. I was thinking about you!💕

Dan D.

Heart Sisters, thanks for checking in with me. I seem to wake up groggy & headachy almost every morning, even after consuming large quantities of coffee. Cardiologist said the physical stuff is going well & the mental stuff will improve over time. But after 4 months post-surgery, I'm bored and... Read more.

Rita Savelis

I feel headachy all the time too and keep wondering if might be a side effect of betablockers or anticoagulants. Not to mention the beginnings of another depressive episode and my mind racing with too many thoughts. Not a very cheery post, I know, but saying it to Dan D... Read more.

Jean Raber

Dan and Rita, sometimes I reach a point of diminishing returns with coffee. I love it when it works, but some days it doesn't, and drinking more just brings on a big old headache and gives me acid reflux. So I try to keep to my six allotted cups of... Read more.

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